By Ann Alexander California’s oil industry has an 800-pound gorilla reputation of getting pretty much what it wants in Sacramento. Armed with millions of dollars to pay lobbyists and a well-oiled astroturf machine to create the illusion of public support, it has successfully leaned on the state’s legislators — despite the Democratic supermajority in both houses — to stay away […] Source: https://cleantechnica.com/2021/02/24/taking-the-gloves-off-in-california-battle-over-oil/